7 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education if a recent report prepared for her Department by three economists showed that, in regard to primary and secondary schools, there was a gap of around £16 million between the capitation grants paid by the State and the actual running costs of the schools and that the shortfall was being made up by parents; if she will publish the report; if, in the context of a policy of free education, she will give her views on whether parents should have to make such contributions; and the steps, if any, she intends to take to increase funding to eliminate the need for such contributions.

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7 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Education if a recent report prepared for her Department by three economists showed that, in regard to primary and secondary schools, there was a gap of around £16 million between the capitation grants paid by the State and the actual running costs of the schools and that the shortfall was being made up by parents; if she will publish the report; if, in the context of a policy of free education, she will give her views on whether parents should have to make such contributions; and the steps, if any, she intends to take to increase funding to eliminate the need for such contributions.

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